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This is a satisfying second book in what is apparently going to be a trilogy.

Mark Lawrence is now on my must-read list.

I particularly like that each of the three series of his that I've read have very different protagonists and the stories have very different feelings.

This is a strong finish to the trilogy.

I especially like the "servicer" characters, who are basically sentient robots that the humans are barely aware of as thinking beings. I hope Yoon Ha Lee gives us more of them.

This deepened my understanding of modern genocides, but it didn't help overcome the feeling of hopelessness I get about them.

I really enjoyed this.

I liked the little crossovers with the Thorn series.

Spoilers follow:
Things get mostly wrapped up.
Jalan and Snorri both survive.

I see no reason that we can't have more novels about them.

This is a charming series and I loved spending time with Murderbot.

I think this might be a good series for people who want to try science fiction because they like things like Star Trek, but don't like most sci-fi they have tried.

The stories are pretty short. Not too short for a full story to be told, but too short for someone who wants to spend a lot of time with the delightful Murderbot. (Spoiler Alert: Murderbot isn't actually a murderer. It's more a life-saver.)

It's fun reading about a character who seems to have all sorts of amazing experts living in his head. It was particularly cool how he considered what others thought was a mental illness to be an asset.

This is a strong finish to the trilogy.

I especially like the "servicer" characters, who are basically sentient robots that the humans are barely aware of as thinking beings. I hope Yoon Ha Lee gives us more of them.

These were well written stories, but they were bleak. And lately, I'm not in the mood for bleak stories.

I really enjoyed this.

I liked the little crossovers with the Thorn series.

Spoilers follow:
Things get mostly wrapped up.
Jalan and Snorri both survive.

I see no reason that we can't have more novels about them.

Set in the same empire as the "Thorns" books, but a completely different protagonist, this time, one who was inspired by Harry Flashman of [b:Flashman|142458|Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)|George MacDonald Fraser|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1320656064s/142458.jpg|1137467].

Now, I read all the Flashman books back in the 80s, and I'll admit, I got a bit tired of him, but I never tired of Prince Jalan.

Plus he travels with the bravest and strongest Viking you could imagine, and who doesn't love a good Viking?

This is a satisfying second book in what is apparently going to be a trilogy.

Mark Lawrence is now on my must-read list.

I particularly like that each of the three series of his that I've read have very different protagonists and the stories have very different feelings.

A satisfying finish to the trilogy.

When this book arrived on my e-reader from the library it was a real good news, bad news things.

Good news, because I'd get to spend more time with Murderbot. Who it is a delight to spend time with.

Bad news, because this maybe means I won't have any Murderbot time to look forward to.

It was fun watching how someone could use Youtube and other social media to deal with alien first contact.

But for a serious sci-fi fan, I wanted more aliens.

It's fun reading about a character who seems to have all sorts of amazing experts living in his head. It was particularly cool how he considered what others thought was a mental illness to be an asset.